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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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